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Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), English poet

[Alfred Noyes, English poet.] Autograph Card Signed to 'Miss Meugens', granting permission to make a version for the blind of his 'Torch-Bearers'.

In good condition, lightly-aged, with thin strip from stub to one edge of address side of card. Message reads: 'It will give me great pleasure for you to copy the 2nd. volume of the Torch-Bearers, as you suggest, for the Blind. | With my best wishes, | Alfred Noyes.'

 £35.00
Agnes Strickland (1796-1874), English historical writer and poet [Frances Anne Fortescue (1818-1868), daughter of William Spooner, Archdeacon of Coventry, and sister of Catharine Tait]

[Agnes Strickland, historical writer.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'dear kind Mrs. Fortescue' [Frances Anne Fortescue], regarding her book 'The Lives of the Seven Bishops' and 'occasional pleasant chats together in the lovely gardens at Fulham Palace'

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. She thanks her for the care she took of her pocket handkerchief, and for the 'truly friendly note which gave great pleasure'. She is glad she was pleased with her book 'The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688', and hope...

£56.00
[Richard Assheton Cross, M.P.] [women's suffrage; Victorian female factory labour]

[Female factory labour.] Printed pamphlet beginning 'To the Right Honourable Richard Assheton Cross, M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Respectful Memorial of the Undersigned Women, being Factory Workers and Others, Sheweth [...]'

4pp., 8vo. Drophead title. In poor condition, chipped and with leaves separated, disbound. Two copies on COPAC, and one copy on OCLC WorldCat.

 £50.00
[Association of Factory Occupiers in the four Counties of Lancaster, York, Chester and Derby; Richard Haworth; Joseph Simpson; Henry Whitworth; Anthony John Mundella; John Heywood, Manchester printer]

[Female and child factory labour; printed item.] Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Speech of Mr. Mundella, M.P., made In the House of Commons, On Wednesday, the 11th June, 1873.

32pp., 8vo. In fair condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound and side-stitched. Mundella's 'Statements' given in a left-hand column, and the 'Replies' of the employers in a right-hand column. Ends, p.27: 'On behalf of the Association of Factory Occupiers in the four Counties of Lancaster,...

£50.00
'B. R. P.' [Bessie Rayner Parkes]

[Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] The Market for Educated Female Labor. A Paper read at the Meeting of the Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Bradford, 1859.

6pp., 8vo. Paginated 1-6. Drophead title. Incomplete, first three leaves only, breaking off mid-sentence. Aged and worn, disbound. No copy on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.

 £100.00
Whately Cooke Taylor, Esq. [The Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights; the Social Science Congress, Norwich, 1873] [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism]

[Printed pamphlet.] The Employment of Married Women in Manufacture. A Paper read at the Social Science Congress, held at Norwich, October, 1873. Reprinted, by kind permission, for the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights.

['London: Frederick Bell & Co., Steam Printers, King's Rd., Chelsea.'] Prefatory note (p.3) dated 'Preston, | January 1st, 1874.' 12pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Several copies listed on COPAC, none on market currently.

 £90.00
Whately Cooke Taylor [Richard Whately Cooke Taylor (1842-1918)] [The Social Science Congress, Manchester; women's suffrage; Victorian feminism]

[Female suffrage, printed pamphlet.] Civil Service Appointments for Women. A Paper read at the Meeting of the Social Science Congress, Manchester, 1879.

12pp., 8vo. In good condition, no wraps, disbound. In manuscript at head of title: 'With the Author's Compts' and, in another hand, 'C. A. Biggs'. No copy traced, either on COPAC or WorldCat.

 £120.00
Sir Henry Sumner Maine, K.C.S.I., D.C.L., Member of the Council of India and Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford [Married Women's Property Committee; A. Ireland, Manchester]

[Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] The Early History of the Property of Married Women, as collected from Roman and Hindoo Law. A Lecture, Delivered at Birmingham, March 25, 1873.

21pp., 8vo. On title-page: 'This Lecture, the substance of which forms part of an unpublished work, is reprinted for the Married Women's Property Committee, with the permission of the author.' In fair condition, aged and with minor staining to title, no wraps, disbound.

 £150.00
Sir Henry Sumner Maine, K.C.S.I., D.C.L., Member of the Council of India and Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford [Married Women's Property Committee; A. Ireland, Manchester]

[Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] The Early History of the Property of Married Women, as collected from Roman and Hindoo Law. A Lecture, Delivered at Birmingham, March 25, 1873.

21pp., 8vo. On title-page: 'This Lecture, the substance of which forms part of an unpublished work, is reprinted for the Married Women's Property Committee, with the permission of the author.' In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Two addresses written in pencil on reverse of last...

£150.00
Sir David Salomons, Bart. [women's suffrage; Victorian feminism]

[Female suffrage; printed pamphlet.] An Address to the Ladies of England.

[1] + 8pp. Dated on p.8: 'Broom Hill, Tunbridge Wells, | January 1st, 1876.' In good condition, lightly-aged, with central vertical fold, front wrap only, disbound. Title on front wrap, which is printed on shiny paper. Printed at head of title: 'With the Author's Compliments.' The author is in...

£150.00
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